Grandfather Clock

[Vinny]

I cleaned it the best I could, put as much as would fit in the ultrasonic at a time and kept putting other parts in. Then I put the entire thing in a tub of the cleaner and scrubbed and used a syringe to force the cleaner anywhere and everywhere I could.. Then rinsed it real good, blew it off with compressed air then into the oven it went (the oven I use for curing plastics). Did all that last nite, then today I got it out and made sure I didn't miss anything and put it back together and oiled it.

There are a couple of bushings that will have to be replaced but I'll give it a year or so and see how it does. Then either I'll replace the bushings or replace the whole movement.

Currently I have it assembled and working in a jig (so to speak). I leveled it and make the tick-tock adjustment. It seems to be keeping time. One thing that went wrong, I had one of the weights in a box sitting on a stool. It rolled and the whole box landed on the floor. Of all things to land on, it landed on the hook nut and broke it. I have a new set of 3 on the way, but I made a temporary one so I could make the chime adjustments. Also lost one of the hammer tips, took a couple of hours but I did find it and put it back in.

One of the chime bars were missing, I found it in the bottom of the cabinet.with a lot of dust and dirt on it. Turns out at one time it broke off, so I put the threaded part in the lathe, drilled it out and pressed it back in. The pitch is a little different, but it's for the hourly chime so it's not noticable.

Here's the clock in that jig.